Making and Finding "Uni Buddies" - Page 3

Doc Doo · 2010-12-15, 07:52 PM

Solo rider here too but I'm not really 'good enough' to ride with other folks just yet - won't be long now though. There's a young dood at university who rides a 19" Nimbus who ignores me when I've tried to catch his eye to make conversation.

Skiv · 2010-12-15, 09:10 PM

I hear ya, Doc Doo! I'm still learning all the ways to fall off -- and with ice on the ground I'm spending my time reading, not riding. Spring's comin' and I'll be more motivated -- and just maybe by next winter I'll be confident enough to ride in snow and goop.

I see a kid out and around on a trials uni, there's at least one muni rider in town, and one of my students is wanting to learn. I'd really like to have a group of learners around here to get together on Saturday mornings to learn/ride/practice. Kinda feel like if I can't ride the damn thing yet I shouldn't be trying to tell people how great it is...

Guess I'll keep plugging away solo.

Doc Doo · 2010-12-15, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Skiv

I hear ya, Doc Doo! I'm still learning all the ways to fall off -- and with ice on the ground I'm spending my time reading, not riding. Spring's comin' and I'll be more motivated -- and just maybe by next winter I'll be confident enough to ride in snow and goop.

I see a kid out and around on a trials uni, there's at least one muni rider in town, and one of my students is wanting to learn. I'd really like to have a group of learners around here to get together on Saturday mornings to learn/ride/practice. Kinda feel like if I can't ride the damn thing yet I shouldn't be trying to tell people how great it is...

Guess I'll keep plugging away solo.

I'm with ya Skiv, I'd love to be able to ride in snow and goop, even just the local graveled cycle tracks would be good and hope next year will be my year too.

It saddens me that the young dood at school won't get into conversation. I don't necessarily want to ride with him but to chat with a real person who rides - not that y'all here aren't just lovely but you're people in cyberspace.

Doug · 2010-12-16, 01:59 AM

One unicycle tour of the U.S. was when Harper let his Guni get shipped from one point to another. The unicycle was modified by some as it traveled. The crate was rebuilt a few times. Many items were added to the crate as well as some items disappearing.

Maybe start another crate going around and track it on here?

It may not be necessary to have a full muni in the crate but it could hold and accumulate things like a journal, SD cards, pro and amateur DVD's, a cardboard cut-out of me, maybe even Harper's cut off pony tail. The kit could be an excuse for riders to gather.

SirSkillz · 2010-12-16, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Skiv

I see a kid out and around on a trials uni, there's at least one muni rider in town, and one of my students is wanting to learn. I'd really like to have a group of learners around here to get together on Saturday mornings to learn/ride/practice. Kinda feel like if I can't ride the damn thing yet I shouldn't be trying to tell people how great it is...

Guess I'll keep plugging away solo.

Don't keep plugging away solo! Come down to Hope and we'll go for a ride!

My dad's a teacher too so you can motivate him to keep learning.

TheRhino · 2010-12-16, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Nurse Ben

Okay, now that is just too sad! I live just north of you in Tennessee, we gotta get together and ride. I got an email from Jeff in Dulin, VA, he's starting to ride more and wants to meet up.

So, do ya muni? How about meeting in Chattanooga and riding on the trails at Raccoon Mountain?

It would be very cool to meet up with you guys for a ride! I currently use my 36er for easy off-road, and a 20" MUni (which really isn't a muni, but it has the right tire for the job). As soon as I get caught up with some bills, I plan on getting a Nimbus 26er for muni. In February I'm going to Snowshoe, WV with my nephews to snow ski and snowboard. I went there a couple years ago, and the skiing, snowboarding, and unicycling was really good considering it's not Mammoth Mountain, CA or Sun Valley, ID. They have a mountain bike park after ski season is over, and the staff there is very cool. I've been wanting to get back there to check that out.

Chattanooga isn't really that far, I'd definitely be up for some riding after I get my muni. Are you thinking during this winter, or after it warms up a little?

Now that I'm also working at night full-time (I went back into the restaurant business so I could still help my brother during the day), I am missing that extra time I used to use to go for long rides. I may just have to start doing a 1am night run dressed in layers with some lights...

Skiv · 2010-12-16, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by SirSkillz

Don't keep plugging away solo! Come down to Hope and we'll go for a ride!

Sounds like something to keep in mind. It's not that far, but it seems farther when there's 20cm of snow on the Coquihalla.

Hoping to get to one of the Vancouver meet-ups that Justin organizes, sometime in the summer.

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Originally Posted by SirSkillz

My dad's a teacher too so you can motivate him to keep learning.

Put him in touch! Heh. I hear from people here that there are betting pools about how far I'll get before UPDing. That's what happens when you practice in the parking lot.

Most people tell me I should act my age. I just tell them what George Bernard Shaw said: "Youth is wasted on the young."

Doc Doo · 2010-12-16, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Skiv

Most people tell me I should act my age. I just tell them what George Bernard Shaw said: "Youth is wasted on the young."

Abso-bloody-lutely!

aarons · 2010-12-16, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Tribe

Since my children are still small, I tend to ride when they are in bed. So it's dark and lonely uni riding for now. The only time I get to ride during the "lighter" hours is when I am traveling for work.

+1.
I ride with the unicycle club here in Dallas every second or third weekend (hi Julia. hi Erick). My schedule with kids and stuff is too crazy to drive out there more often than that. Most evenings it's just me and my unicycle out in the dark. Not that I'm complaining. The weather has been perfect. I'm having fun.

If you're willing to travel, you can find other riders. But what I'd like is if someone down the street unicycled. We could get together and ride any time without a lot of hassle.

I've considered putting up fliers to find someone close by who wants to learn. It's kind of disheartening to hear that that's already been tried without much success.

Skiv · 2010-12-16, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Skiv

one of the Vancouver meet-ups that Justin organizes, sometime in the summer.

Brain phart. I meant "VanUni."

Boethius · 2010-12-17, 03:23 AM

By starting this thread off with "Making" you're not actually desperate enough to have started sewing together large pieces of skin, are you?

scott ttocs · 2010-12-17, 05:30 AM

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Originally Posted by aarons

+1.
I ride with the unicycle club here in Dallas every second or third weekend (hi Julia. hi Erick). My schedule with kids and stuff is too crazy to drive out there more often than that. Most evenings it's just me and my unicycle out in the dark. Not that I'm complaining. The weather has been perfect. I'm having fun.

If you're willing to travel, you can find other riders. But what I'd like is if someone down the street unicycled. We could get together and ride any time without a lot of hassle.

Have you considered adopting Julia and Erick?

Then they could live at your house and you could all unicycle together whenever you choose.

Scott

Doc Doo · 2010-12-17, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Boethius

By starting this thread off with "Making" you're not actually desperate enough to have started sewing together large pieces of skin, are you?

"It rubs the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again.
Yes, it will, Precious, won't it? It will get the hose!"

MuniSano · 2010-12-17, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nurse Ben

Okay, now that is just too sad! I live just north of you in Tennessee, we gotta get together and ride. I got an email from Jeff in Dulin, VA, he's starting to ride more and wants to meet up.

So, do ya muni? How about meeting in Chattanooga and riding on the trails at Raccoon Mountain?

Just name the date/time and I'd love to meet up at Raccoon Mountain; one of my favorite areas to ride around the South East. I might be able to get another friend I have from Decatur, GA to join us as well. For a little taste of Raccoon Mountain check out a video of me riding there with my friend Hitarock:

YouTube

PM me.

aarons · 2010-12-18, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scott ttocs

Have you considered adopting Julia and Erick?

Then they could live at your house and you could all unicycle together whenever you choose.

Scott

Perfect! I'll get the paperwork started. Erick will have fun sharing a room with a 2-year-old little boy who isn't potty trained yet

2010-12-16, 01:59 AM	#34
Doug gauche rider Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tulsa, OK Age: 54 Posts: 310	One unicycle tour of the U.S. was when Harper let his Guni get shipped from one point to another. The unicycle was modified by some as it traveled. The crate was rebuilt a few times. Many items were added to the crate as well as some items disappearing. Maybe start another crate going around and track it on here? It may not be necessary to have a full muni in the crate but it could hold and accumulate things like a journal, SD cards, pro and amateur DVD's, a cardboard cut-out of me, maybe even Harper's cut off pony tail. The kit could be an excuse for riders to gather. __________________ Get out and ride

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2010-12-15, 07:52 PM	#31
Doc Doo UPD Specialist Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: North West UK Age: 49 Posts: 194	Solo rider here too but I'm not really 'good enough' to ride with other folks just yet - won't be long now though. There's a young dood at university who rides a 19" Nimbus who ignores me when I've tried to catch his eye to make conversation.

2010-12-15, 09:10 PM	#32
Skiv (r)Evolve. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Kamloops BC Canada Age: 51 Posts: 12	I hear ya, Doc Doo! I'm still learning all the ways to fall off -- and with ice on the ground I'm spending my time reading, not riding. Spring's comin' and I'll be more motivated -- and just maybe by next winter I'll be confident enough to ride in snow and goop. I see a kid out and around on a trials uni, there's at least one muni rider in town, and one of my students is wanting to learn. I'd really like to have a group of learners around here to get together on Saturday mornings to learn/ride/practice. Kinda feel like if I can't ride the damn thing yet I shouldn't be trying to tell people how great it is... Guess I'll keep plugging away solo.

2010-12-17, 03:23 AM	#41
Boethius 6th century one wheeler Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 98	By starting this thread off with "Making" you're not actually desperate enough to have started sewing together large pieces of skin, are you?

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